Walter Foley was killed while aboard the USS Oklahoma December 7, 1941.
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Updated technology allowed officials to recently identify his remains. He had been laid to rest in the national cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Officials say they will be able to return him home to Brooklyn if his family so chooses.
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